Technology used in batteries and chargers to improve charging speed for Apple devices.
MagSafe the best portable battery for iPhone
These days, there are very few portable batteries that work with MagSafe and many are made by popular third-party accessory makers like Mophie, Belkin, Anker, and OtterBox. However, they all fall short compared to the MagSafe external battery that Apple makes.
Features of MagSafe Battery Pack
So if you are using iPhone 12 or iPhone 13 and looking for a portable power bank, get the Apple MagSafe Battery Pack. It’s the best way to charge your iPhone on the go, while still being able to use your iPhone. Here’s why.
The biggest advantage of the MagSafe Battery Pack is its tight integration with iOS – which means it works in ways with your iPhone that other portable batteries can’t. It is the only portable battery that detects the large “MagSafe” icon on the iPhone screen when connected. A portable battery can only check its selected power level from the Control Center, just as you can from a connected Apple Watch or AirPods. It’s smart enough to stop charging your iPhone when it reaches 90 percent to conserve battery life. (However, you can choose to allow it to bypass your iPhone by adjusting the settings.”
You can check the amount of MagSafe Battery Pack any time it is connected to your iPhone. Just open Control Center. It is easy to use this MagSafe battery pack.
If you use any other portable battery with your iPhone, either
MagSafe supported or not, you will realize that each of them requires you to press a button on the charger to start charging your iPhone; Just calling your phone is not enough. It’s annoying, because it’s another extra step that you can forget.
With the MagSafe Battery Pack, there is no button to start charging. Once connected, it starts charging your iPhone automatically.
Right when you attach the MagSafe Battery Pack to your iPhone 12 or 13, it displays this graph that tells you how much charge is left for both the iPhone and the battery.
Apple’s MagSafe bundle supports fast charging..but there’s a problem
The big advantage of MagSafe charging overall is that it can wirelessly charge a compatible iPhone at 15W, instead of the 7.5W max of other Qi wireless chargers. The MagSafe Battery Pack can do that, too. But only when used as a wired MagSafe charger with 20W wall adapter. Effectively, it converts into a regular MagSafe charger – which is pretty cool.
Also, the MagSafe Battery Pack can wirelessly charge your iPhone faster when it’s not connected to power. In April 2022, Apple silently released a firmware update that would allow the MagSafe Battery Pack to charge an iPhone at 7.5W, which is above the standard 5W that all other options are capable of. This means that it can outpace your iPhone very quickly.
How to get faster charging for Apple devices
Note: For the fastest wireless charging speeds
For this purpose, MagSafe Battery Pack must be running on the latest firmware version 2.7.b.0. To check, connect the MagSafe Battery Pack to your iPhone > open Settings app > select General > select About > then select MagSafe Battery Pack. If the latest firmware update is not running, the update will occur by itself.)
This portable battery supports pass-through charging
You’d think that most portable batteries that support MagSafe would also support pass-through charging – which means you can charge both devices while connected to each other – but that’s not the case. The MagSafe Battery Pack is one of the few options that, when connected to any iPhone and Lightning cable, will charge the iPhone first, then refill the MagSafe Battery Pack. No need to separate the two devices.
There are other MagSafe-compatible portable chargers, like this one from OtterBox, that have a higher capacity and are more affordable, but lack the same “smart” features as the MagSafe Battery Pack.
Apple’s MagSafe battery pack is the best…but not perfect
I’ve had the opportunity to test a lot of different portable batteries that support MagSafe, and Apple’s batteries are definitely my favourite. However, it’s far from ideal – just ask the YouTube videos that you condemn. With a capacity of 1460 mAh, it is one of the lowest capacity chargers.
Probably the biggest nuisance because it can’t charge itself wirelessly
When you are not connected to the iPhone; If you put it on another MagSafe wireless charger, such as the MagSafe Duo, it won’t charge. It’s stupid and frustrating, especially from a company that pioneered its philosophy of fair work; However, many other options also can’t charge themselves wirelessly, so it’s nowhere near a deal breaker.
The bottom line is that the MagSafe Battery Pack is a lot like Apple’s AirPods — they work with your iPhone in ways other options can’t. And in the end, that’s why you should choose it.
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